--- Matthew Seaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 08, 2004 at 06:34:41AM -0800, Your Name > wrote: > > Hi, i realize this is really basic, but i dont > > actually know how cvsup works when youre not > calling > > it through cvsup. > > > > What i mean is, when i want to update things i do > "cd > > /usr/ports && make update" or > > "cd /usr/src && make update", i dont do cvsup > > directly. > > > > What i assume is my working supfile is > > /usr/src/supfile-current. i want to change this to > > RELENG-5 instead of ".", > > but i should probably change the name. But i cant > > figure out how to know WHICH supfile is called > when i > > just do "cd /usr/src && make update". > > > > Also where do i put the "refuse" file, for ports? > > > > Thanks! i didnt see this in the HandBook. > > The 'make update' behaviour is controlled by the > following variable in > /etc/make.conf: > > SUP_UPDATE= yes > SUP= /usr/local/bin/cvsup > SUPFLAGS= -g -L 2 > SUPHOST= cvsup.uk.freebsd.org > SUPFILE= > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/stable-supfile > PORTSSUPFILE= > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/ports-supfile > DOCSUPFILE= > /usr/share/examples/cvsup/doc-supfile > > Of those variables, it's really only the last four > that you need to > think about what to set them to -- the others should > be set to the > values shown here.
Thank You!!! Thats exactly what i meant. Thanks to the other people who replied, but this is my point-i have cvsup and it works, i didnt know that it was make.conf that controlled thing.s Now i can figure out what to change. Jen __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"